Colic in Newborn Babies

Colic in newborn babies presents with frequent daily episodes of inconsolable crying, which get parents very worried. Still frustrating is; by the time they reach the doctor's consulting, the baby is asleep, and the doctor says, “oh! it's nothing. Don't worry. Relax. This could be an infantile colic, which has passed away”

What is an infantile colic?

Daily episodes of inconsolable crying in infants that continue for hours without a significant identifiable cause. The affected infants are usually in good health; feeding well, passing adequate urine and stools (poop) regularly, and have neither fever nor rash.

Presentation

The fits of irritability usually occur at dusk or late in evenings, where as many others may have no predictable pattern ascribed to them.

Onset and resolution

Colic in newborn babies usually develops in first 2-4 weeks of life. These agonizing episodes usually resolve spontaneously typically by 3-4 months of age.

Prevalence

Colics during infancy are very common. However, the available statistics depends on the number of babies that are taken for medical consultation. Consequently, the documented incidence of affected infants varies from 10-40 percent.

There is No noted predisposition for infantile colic depending on baby’s sex or the gestation age at birth.

b.) Use of probiotics for colic in newborn babies: The good bacteria, L reuteri, offer a rapid and natural solution to vexing problem of infantile colic.
The effect of beneficial bacteria is curative rather than short lived symptomatic relief. The relief is most pronounced in breast fed infants.

When compared with the response achieved with
use of simethicone, gripe water probiotics are documented to be most effective in the clinical studies conducted.